Saturday, May 24, 2008

Just for Today, May 25

A good and devout man first disposes his works in­wardly, which he is to do outwardly. Neither do they draw him to the desires of an inordinate inclination: but he bends them to the rule of right reason.

- Bk. I, ch. iii.

Keep thyself first in peace, and then thou wilt be able to bring others to peace.

- Bk. II, ch. iii.
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She taught that the best way to avoid giving way to anger, was to aim at "softening one's heart in advance".

-Esprit de Sainte Therese.
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Adapted from Just For Today(©1943 Burns & Oates)
Nihil Obstat: Reginaldus Phillips, S.T.L.,Censor deputatus
Imprimatur: Edwardus Myers, Vic. Cap.

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